In July, nearly 60 past winners of the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence met in Los Angeles for Let’s Build It. The annual event is designed to produce creative ideas that can dramatically improve skilled trades education in high schools and communities across the country. Let’s Build It offers prizewinners time … Continued
Working Nation’s mission is to create and distribute powerful stories about the nation’s current and future state of work that educates, inspires, and connects people, thereby driving decision makers to scale solutions that can produce and sustain a thriving workforce. Harbor Freight Tools for Schools was honored to be featured in an article on their … Continued
For the first time in six years at Let’s Build ItSM, teachers collaborated on a hands-on project to physically build something! The idea came from 2021 prizewinner Brian Copes, whose students have been building solar suitcases at his campus in Chickasaw, AL, and donating them to teachers in need. After touring Da Vinci Schools in … Continued
During Let’s Build ItSM 2023, teachers visited La Mirada High School to observe and hear from welding students involved in the Los Angeles County Skilled Trades Summer Program, funded by Harbor Freight Tools for Schools®. La Mirada High School is one of six sites participating in the program, which gives students the opportunity to earn … Continued
More than 50 high school skilled trades teachers from across the U.S. participated in Let’s Build ItSM, an annual convening of past winners of the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence®. The event was held July 10-13 in Marina del Rey, California. The goals of the event were to: Share, learn and … Continued
In the past year, there has been strong momentum building around efforts to provide new hands-on opportunities for public high school students to learn about the skilled trades. With the United States facing a daunting shortage of skilled trades workers, it seems there is growing interest in rapidly expanding our ability to train the next … Continued
After two years of convening virtually, Harbor Freight Tools for Schools was thrilled to bring together 45 prizewinning teachers in Colorado July 6-10. The gathering called “Let’s Build It” is designed to produce inventive ideas to lift-up skilled trades students, educators, and their communities. While the prize shines a light on these excellent skilled trades … Continued
At the end of October, we will celebrate 18 new winners of the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence. When we launched Harbor Freight Tools for Schools five years ago, our small team met with a group of advisors to wrestle with the question – how do we shine a spotlight on … Continued
This year’s Let’s Build It took place from July 6-8. The fourth annual event saw 39 past winners of the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence gather virtually for three days of learning, growth and networking. Let’s Build It fosters opportunities for skilled trades teachers to recharge and have a greater impact … Continued
At our annual Let’s Build It, held virtually earlier this month, we asked prizewinning teachers how they fared teaching remotely this spring and what their big takeaways were. Here’s what they had to say. On managing a class “Eliminate frustrations for students, like uploading big files. Have students drop off assignments and take exams in … Continued